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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.

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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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